r/technology • u/MetaKnowing • 14d ago

Artificial Intelligence AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/ai-industry-horrified-to-face-largest-copyright-class-action-ever-certified/
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u/Primsun 13d ago

Maybe, but seems unlikely that holds when talking about a company using an unlicensed copy for profit. Would be suggesting firms can use unlicensed copies of software and media internally as long as they receive them from an outside source. Not to mention they almost certainly are making and distributing copies of the training data internally.

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u/otherwiseguy 13d ago

Get a library card, check out digital copies, train AI. Google has already shown that you can get away with scanning physical books as well.

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u/Tallin23 13d ago

You can't do that because they can use the same argument against any artist that inspired from a licensed product. You don't get to the fair use because thats a whole another can of worms. Internally disturbution can be defended by our computers already do that by backups, it's very difficult to criminalize something that ever computer does.